Central nervous system capillary haemangioblastoma: The pathologist's viewpoint

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 311-324

  Hussein, Mahmoud R ^a,b  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Haemangioblastoma; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN SURGERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CAPILLARY HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GENE MUTATION; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

EID: 34548669593     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2007.00535.x     Document Type: Review

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